Stefano Miceli: Malta Year List 2021 BirdLife Malta, All records Record(s) 1 to 169 of 169 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/08/2021 2 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 10/10/2021 3 Pintail Anas acuta 27/02/2021 4 Garganey Anas querquedula  21/03/2021 5 Shoveler Anas clypeata  20/10/2021 6 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 27/11/2021 7 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix  25/04/2021 8 Little Grebe Tachybaptus  ruficollis   29/08/2021 9 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 22/11/2021 10 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis   01/01/2021 11 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 27/02/2021 12 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan   14/02/2021 13 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus   04/06/2021 14 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus   15/01/2021 15 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo   15/01/2021 16 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus   29/11/2021 17 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax   24/04/2021 18 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides   01/05/2021 19 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis   Yes ********** ********** 20 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 09/03/2021 21 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/10/2021 22 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  09/03/2021 23 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  02/09/2021 24 Black Stork Ciconia nigra  Yes 08/09/2021 Buskett 25 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus  18/07/2021 26 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/12/2021 27 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 15/08/2021 28 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 17/04/2021 29 Black Kite Milvus migrans  23/03/2021 30 Short-Toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus  09/10/2021 31 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus  10/03/2021 32 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus  16/10/2021 33 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus  21/03/2021 34 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus  15/04/2021 35 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus  12/09/2021 36 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo  17/10/2021 37 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 24/09/2021 38 Osprey Pandion halieatus 15/04/2021 39 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni  09/03/2021 40 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  10/02/2021 41 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus  23/04/2021 42 Merlin Falco columbarius  03/10/2021 43 Hobby Falco subbuteo 15/04/2021 44 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae  15/04/2021 45 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug 09/10/2021 46 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 17/04/2021 47 Little Crake Porzana parva  16/05/2021 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  27/02/2021 49 Common Coot Fulica atra  01/01/2021 50 Common Crane Grus grus  16/03/2021 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus  18/08/2021 52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  09/03/2021 53 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus  03/10/2021 54 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola  Yes ********** ********** 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/03/2021 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/03/2021 57 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus  22/11/2021 58 Sanderling Calidris alba 18/08/2021 59 Little Stint Calidris minuta  06/03/2021 60 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  23/05/2021 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/03/2021 62 Ruff Philomachus pugnax  13/03/2021 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus  23/11/2021 64 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  18/09/2021 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa  11/07/2021 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus  03/04/2021 67 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 16/05/2021 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 31/03/2021 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus  11/03/2021 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  03/04/2021 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  01/01/2021 72 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus  16/03/2021 73 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanochephalus  01/01/2021 74 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus  01/01/2021 75 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei  24/01/2021 76 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii  24/01/2021 77 Common Gull Larus canus  Yes ********** ********** 78 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 15/01/2021 79 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/01/2021 80 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 15/01/2021 Salina 81 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla  Yes ********** ********** 82 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia  05/09/2021 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger  14/08/2021 84 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 11/07/2021 85 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis  01/01/2021 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo  Yes ********** ********** 87 Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus  ********** ********** 88 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  01/01/2021 89 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  10/04/2021 90 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus  15/04/2021 91 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 15/04/2021 92 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus  21/03/2021 93 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus  11/04/2021 94 Alpine Swift Apus melba  15/04/2021 95 Common Swift Apus apus  19/03/2021 96 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus  19/04/2021 97 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  01/01/2021 98 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  04/04/2021 99 European Roller Coracias garrulus  18/09/2021 100 Hoopoe Upupa epops  16/03/2021 101 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 20/02/2021 102 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla  03/04/2021 103 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis  16/01/2021 104 Sand Martin Riparia riparia  16/04/2021 105 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  28/02/2021 106 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/03/2021 107 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica  16/03/2021 108 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris  21/03/2021 109 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni  Yes ********** ********** 110 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis  19/03/2021 111 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis  01/01/2021 112 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus  19/04/2021 113 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta  22/11/2021 114 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava  13/03/2021 115 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  17/01/2021 116 White Wagtail Motacilla alba  01/01/2021 117 Dunnock Prunella modularis  16/01/2021 118 Robin Erithacus rubecula  01/01/2021 119 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos  10/04/2021 120 Bluethroat Luscinia svecina 20/02/2021 121 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros  01/01/2021 122 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  26/03/2021 123 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/04/2021 124 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 01/01/2021 125 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina  03/03/2021 126 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe  09/03/2021 127 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica  20/03/2021 128 White-Crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes ********** ********** 129 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarus 01/01/2021 130 Blackbird Turdus merula 21/10/2021 131 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos  01/01/2021 132 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus  10/10/2021 133 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti  31/01/2021 134 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis  01/01/2021 135 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon  31/12/2021 136 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  16/04/2021 137 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus  21/04/2021 138 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 21/04/2021 139 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  04/05/2021 140 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 16/01/2021 141 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin  15/04/2021 142 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  27/03/2021 143 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata  17/01/2021 144 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata  13/12/2021 145 Ruppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli  17/04/2021 146 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans  09/03/2021 147 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala  01/01/2021 148 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus  Yes ********** ********** 149 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 26/04/2021 150 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix  10/04/2021 151 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita  01/01/2021 152 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus  26/03/2021 153 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 16/01/2021 154 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 01/01/2021 155 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  20/04/2021 156 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva  03/10/2021 157 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis  10/04/2021 158 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca  15/04/2021 159 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  17/04/2021 160 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator  03/04/2021 161 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris  01/01/2021 162 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis  01/01/2021 163 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  17/01/2021 164 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs  16/01/2021 165 European Serin Serinus serinus  29/09/2021 166 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 08/12/2021 167 Siskin Carduelis spinus 07/02/2021 168 Linnet Carduelis cannabina 16/01/2021 169 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra  17/01/2021